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English Dictionary: illusory by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
illusory
adj
  1. based on or having the nature of an illusion; "illusive hopes of finding a better job"; "Secret activities offer presidents the alluring but often illusory promise that they can achieve foreign policy goals without the bothersome debate and open decision that are staples of democracy"
    Synonym(s): illusive, illusory
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Illusory \Il*lu"so*ry\, a. [Cf. F. illusore.]
      Deceiving, or tending of deceive; fallacious; illusive; as,
      illusory promises or hopes.
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